[CliffARobinson]

The Association of Professional Piercers has a great Body Piercing after care resource pamphlets available in english, spanish and French.

Here is what they suggest for Cleaning Solutions:

Use one or both of the following solutions for healing piercings:

• Packaged sterile saline solution with no additives (read the label), or a non-iodized sea salt mixture: Dissolve 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodized (iodine-free) sea salt into one cup (8 oz.) of warm distilled or bottled water. A stronger mixture is not better; a saline solution that is too strong can irritate the piercing.

• A mild, fragrance-free liquid soap—preferably anti-microbial or germicidal.

*Please Note: Do not take table salt and dissolve it in water. Get saline solution or you need to get non-iodized salt. Table salt normally contains Iodine.

For daily care they suggest:

• WASH your hands thoroughly prior to cleaning or touching your piercing for any reason.

• SALINE soak for five to ten minutes once or more per day. Invert a cup of warm saline solution over the area to form a vacuum. For certain piercings it may be easier to apply using clean gauze or paper towels saturated with saline solution. A brief rinse afterward will remove any residue.

• SOAP no more than once or twice a day. While showering, lather up a pearl size drop of the soap to clean the jewelry and the piercing. Leave the cleanser on the piercing no more than thirty seconds.

• RINSE thoroughly to remove all traces of the soap from the piercing. It is not necessary to rotate the jewelry through the piercing.

• DRY by gently patting with clean, disposable paper products. Cloth towels can harbor bacteria and snag on jewelry, causing injury.

They have much more piercing information and tips available on their site.

[kaybay214]

I use alcohol on mine. It works wonders! I just got mine done about a week agao and the pain is almost completely gone.

[Fascia Tlee]

Uhmm with natural salt or with sea salt..